George Howard (British Army officer)

Sir

George Howard
Sir; George Howard
	Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath

Governor of Minorca

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Military career

Born the son of Lieutenant General Thomas Howard and his wife Mary Howard (née Moreton, daughter of William Moreton, Bishop of Meath), Howard was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford and was commissioned as a lieutenant in his father's regiment (later the 24th Regiment of Foot) in 1736.^[1] He was promoted to captain in 1737 and transferred to the 3rd Regiment of Foot in 1739.^[2] Promoted to lieutenant colonel on 2 April 1744, he commanded the 3rd Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession.^[2]

Howard commanded the 3rd Regiment of Foot again, under the

lieutenant-general on 14 March 1761.^[5]

Howard became

Member of Parliament (MP) for Lostwithiel in 1761 and, having been appointed a Knight Companion of the Bath in early 1763, he became colonel of the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons in August 1763.^[3] He acquired Stoke Place in Buckinghamshire for use as a country home in 1764.^[6]

Howard stood down from Parliament and became

Governor of Minorca in 1766.^[3] After retiring as Governor of Minorca, he became governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in February 1768^[7] and was elected as Member of Parliament for Stamford that same year.^[3]

Promoted to full

general on 6 September 1777,^[8] Howard became colonel of the 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards in April 1779.^[9] He was promoted to field marshal on 18 October 1793^[10] and appointed to the honorary post of Governor of Jersey in July 1795.^[11] He died at his London home in Grosvenor Square on 16 July 1796 and was buried at Great Bookham in Surrey.^[3]

Family

On 16 February 1747–8, Howard married Lady Lucy Wentworth (sister of William Wentworth, Earl of Strafford), under licence from the Bishop of London, at the King Street Chapel in St James's, Westminster:^[12] they had one daughter Anne. After the death of his first wife, Howard married Elizabeth Beckford, the widow of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham; there were no children by the second marriage.^[1]

References

^
doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13900. Retrieved 13 July 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Heathcote, p. 179
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Heathcote, p. 180
^ "No. 9759". The London Gazette. 21 January 1758. p. 1.
^ "No. 10086". The London Gazette. 10 March 1761. p. 2.
^ "Parishes: Stoke Poges, A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925)". pp. 302–313. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Survey of London, volume 11, edited by Walter H. Godfrey (editor)". 1927. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
^ "No. 11802". The London Gazette. 2 September 1777. p. 2.
^ "No. 11972". The London Gazette. 20 April 1779. p. 2.
^ "No. 13582". The London Gazette. 15 October 1793. p. 913.
^ "No. 13796". The London Gazette. 14 July 1795. p. 747.
^ The Register of Marriages in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754. 16 February 1747. n.b. the Julian calendar was still in operation so under the current calendar the year was 1748.

Sources

Heathcote, Tony (1999). The British Field Marshals, 1736–1997: A Biographical Dictionary. Barnsley: Leo Cooper.
ISBN 0-85052-696-5
.

"Howard, George (1720?-1796)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Clarke	Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel with James Edward Colleton 1761–1766	Succeeded by James Edward Colleton Viscount Beauchamp
Preceded by George Bridges Brudenell George René Aufrère	Member of Parliament for Stamford with George René Aufrère 1768–1774 Henry Cecil 1774–1790 The Earl of Carysfort 1790–1796 1768–1796	Succeeded by The Earl of Carysfort John Leland
Military offices
Preceded by Thomas Howard	Colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Foot 1749–1763	Succeeded by John Craufurd
Preceded by John Mostyn	Colonel of the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons 1763–1779	Succeeded by Sir Henry Clinton
Preceded by John Mostyn	Colonel of the 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards 1779–1796	Succeeded by Sir William Augustus Pitt
Preceded by Richard Lyttelton	Governor of Minorca 1766–1768	Succeeded by John Mostyn
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Robert Rich	Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea 1768–1795	Succeeded by The Marquess Townshend

[odnb-1] 
doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13900. Retrieved 13 July 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership
required.)

[heath179-2] Heathcote, p. 179

[heath180-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Heathcote, p. 180

[4] "No. 9759". The London Gazette. 21 January 1758. p. 1.

[5] "No. 10086". The London Gazette. 10 March 1761. p. 2.

[6] "Parishes: Stoke Poges, A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925)". pp. 302–313. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[7] "Survey of London, volume 11, edited by Walter H. Godfrey (editor)". 1927. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

[8] "No. 11802". The London Gazette. 2 September 1777. p. 2.

[9] "No. 11972". The London Gazette. 20 April 1779. p. 2.

[10] "No. 13582". The London Gazette. 15 October 1793. p. 913.

[11] "No. 13796". The London Gazette. 14 July 1795. p. 747.

[12] The Register of Marriages in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754. 16 February 1747. n.b. the Julian calendar was still in operation so under the current calendar the year was 1748.

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